Your First Look At Atelier Violet On PSP

Gust are adding a few new things to their PS2-to-PSP port of Atelier Violet: Alchemist of Gramnad 2. Amongst these, as reported previously, are three new characters, at which Famitsu got an exclusive first look.

From left to right, you have: Lapis, who seems to hold some sort of fear, Nanami Schmidt, who’s described as lively and bright with a sharp tongue, and Sphere, who’s making a return from Atelier Judie.

Atelier Violet also has an updated screen layout with 16:9 support:

Atelier Violet is pegged for a February 3rd, 2011 release in Japan. You can check out more screenshots and art at the Famitsu link above.

Pretty much – The Iris line and the Mana Khemias are not very indicative of the main line of Ateliers – they’re more epic RPG stories, where you’ll find that Annie and Rorona are much more personable in their story focus.

PersonaBull

I tried out Atelier Annie, but it just made me want to play Rune Factory.

I’d say go for the PS3 games, they seem like they have a lot more depth to them. Honestly though, I’d like to know which would be better to try out, too.

HarryHodd

Atelier Rorona is pretty darn addictive and charming.

Ereek

Apologies for the late reply.It’s a hard choice for what’s been released in the west.Atelier Iris 1/2/3 are not at all like the traditional Atelier games (Violet, Judy, Elie, Marie, etc). Mana Khemia 1/2 are both part of the “Project Atelier,” therefore they are officially in the series, but they’re even more derived than Iris. I’d actually recommend starting with Mana Khemia is you prefer a more traditional RPG system, since they have a faster battle system. That or Atelier Iris 1. Atelier Iris 1 has enough of the traditional RPG (exploration/combat/puzzle solving) while still having what makes Atelier (lots of character development/interaction, heavily Alchemy based).In the west, only two “traditional” Ateliers have been released: Annie and Rorona. I’d say Rorona is the better game overall, but Annie has better characters. If you’re looking for the “true” Atelier experience, Rorona might be the better choice. if you understand Japanese, Lina is also very good. I don’t think it will get an English release, though.

Letiumtide

So many PSP games are getting that flash game type look. The sprites look really weird to me for some reason, unnatural.

The sprites always looked like that, although the aspect ratio is perhaps making them a bit bigger than they were in the original (4:3) release. Believe me, the game looks amazing in motion especially if they got all the assets from the PS2 version in.